Mount Gerizim: Difference between revisions

Mount Gerizim is sacred to the [[Samaritans]], who regard it, rather than [[Jerusalem]]'s [[Temple Mount]], as the location chosen by [[God]] for a holy temple. In [[Samaritanism|Samaritan tradition]], it is the oldest and most central mountain in the world, towering above the [[Flood myth|Great Flood]] and providing the first land for [[Noah]]’s disembarkation.<ref>Anderson, Robert T., "Mount Gerizim: Navel of the World", ''Biblical Archaeologist'' Vol. 43, No. 4 (Autumn 1980), pp 217-218</ref> It is also the location where [[Binding of Isaac|Abraham almost sacrificed his son Isaac]].<ref name="Centre" /> Jews, on the other hand, consider the location of the near-sacrifice to be Mount [[Moriah]], traditionally identified by them with the Temple Mount. Mount Gerizim continues to be the centre of Samaritan religion to this day, and Samaritans ascend it [[Three Pilgrimage Festivals|three times a year]]: at [[Passover]], [[Shavuot]] and [[Sukkot]].<ref name=":1" /> Passover is still celebrated by the Samaritans with a [[Animal sacrifice|lamb sacrifice]] on Mount Gerizim.<ref>{{cite web |title=Photograph of this |url=http://www.lifeintheholyland.com/images/Mount_Gerizim,_Samaritan_Passover,_mat00114.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512121554/http://lifeintheholyland.com/images/Mount_Gerizim,_Samaritan_Passover,_mat00114.jpg |archive-date=2016-05-12 |access-date=2014-05-01}}</ref>

 

 

==Biblical account==